T'gana CM Revanth Reddy presents 'TelanganaRising' vision to Ex-UK PM Tony Blair

Hyderabad/New Delhi, Jun 19 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy presented his government's long-term vision 'TelanganaRising 2047' to former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in New Delhi on Thursday.

During the discussion, Revanth Reddy highlighted key aspects of the plan, including the rapid economic growth of the state.

He outlined targets for Telangana's Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) to reach USD 1 trillion by 2035 and USD 3 trillion by 2047, a significant leap from its current USD 200 billion mark, according to an official release.

This would be achieved through a plethora of unique strategic and tactical policy interventions, including Zoning the state. Inside Hyderabad's Outer Ring Road (ORR) forms the core urban area as zone one.

The area between ORR and the proposed Regional Ring Road (RRR) would be promoted as a manufacturing zone with an aim of making it 'China Plus One' (the strategy of businesses diversifying manufacturing and supply chains beyond China) destination.

The other initiatives include proposed rapid massive infra projects such as the Regional Ring Road and Regional Ring Railway, radial roads between RRR and ORR, a dry port, dedicated connectivity between dry port to a sea port in AP, metro rail expansion in Hyderabad, new airports in Warangal and Adilabad, Musi river Rejuvenation, 'Bharat Future City' (India’s most future-ready and planned cities), it said.

After stepping down from his active public career, Blair founded the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBIGC) with the objective to support world leaders develop a vision, design effective strategies and translating them into actionable programmes, it said.

The release quoted Blair as saying that he was “…enthralled and taken in by the sui generis vision of CM Revanth Reddy.” A Letter of Intent was exchanged between the Telangana government and TBIGC for partnering in Telangana Rising vision development and its subsequent implementation.

During the hour-long interaction, Revanth Reddy provided details of the key elements of ‘Telangana Rising 2047’ which would be unveiled publicly on the second anniversary of the state government on December 9, 2025, the releases said.

Revanth Reddy highlighted the priority that will be given to social and economic development of various cross-sections like farmers, youth and women, and an overall improvement of human development indicators.

Blair took particular interest in flagship initiatives like Bharat Future City, Young India Skills University and Young India Sports University, it said. PTI SJR SJR ROH